Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-21

The LATEST man in the state lives
in Bucks county, and has for the past
25 years slept in his day clothes He
is married and has number of chill
dren most Of them grown to mans
estate In the evening when about
to retire, the father pulls offhis boots,
throws his hat in the corner, and
then jumps into bed and sleeps Just
As comfortably as those not encum-
bered with their clothes. When he
is asked his reason for his strange
actions he only remarks that it Is too
much trouble TO undress at night
and dress again in the morning. when
It's Just as well so. By his singular
peculiarity the man however, doubt
less, saves the outlay for many pair
Of pants, as the wear and strain is
not so great when they are not pull
ed ca and off He Is believed to be
the LATEST man in the state
President B. G. Clark, of the Thorn
as Iron Company, New York, makes
this interesting statement:
Steel rails are of little for next
year delivery. We soIdffteen thous
and tons to-day at S36 at the mill
This price Is as high As II should be. on
account of foreiy IN competition. For
eiEn rails can be delivered at the gulf
ports at this price. The price ofrails
gor delivery this year i very firm at
S3S- Fact they are hard to get at any
price There isn't q mill in the country
that hasn't got all the orders for rails
1t cau'ttill for this years delivery.
The pig iron market Is firm, No. !
selling at so ton.
There was a merry party Mt Gar
field y. J., recently at the house Of
Mr.. Joseph Duckworth. \ number
of friends were visiting the family
and We're being entertained by Mrs.
DuckwOrth and her daughters. In
the midst of the entertainment the
head OF the household excused him
self for a few moments and went up
stairs to his bedroom, where he i'm
mediately cut his throat with razor
After n reasonable time the family
went in search Of Mr.. Duckworth h and
found him dead IN a pool of blood.
There Is no reasonable excuse for
the suicide except that he has re
Gently been drinking heavily,
LITTLE Rock, Ark. Sept 14-Some
time in June last n man representing
himself as Henry Puris, a wholesale
grocer ofChicago, began taking baths
at the Rammelsburg hot springs
About five weeks ago Katie L. Ed
wards, a cOlored girl, came there as
a substitute employe. Puris met heI
and yesterday morning they We're
married by Rev. w r Carson, il
charge of the A. NJ Z. Church there
Puris made his wife a present of SO
600 cash and a check for $4,000
Kate had been divorced from a negro
/ husband.
The Millersburg Sentinel saws =
On Wednesday, Abraham Silks. re
siding two miles from Liverpool
went to the woods for squirrels anC
while returning he passed a peacl
tree. He took his gun to knock on,
off, and the weapon was discharged
and the bullet entered his groin anC
coursed upward The bullet has no
been located by a doctor. Hi
chances for recovery are slim.
The Kansas prohibition law i
developing some peculiar things il
the drug line. In Wichita. for in
stance, n supposed drug store ha
been found to be a combined whisk,
still and saloon, thelIquor being mad
on the premises by the liohting pro
cess. In one barrel Q. the stui
enough arsenic was found to poisoI
the whole town.
From the Huntingdon Journal O
the 10th inst. a commercial travel
er named S Lorenthal one night las
week was robbed of S13O in casl
and two checks, one for I25 and III
other for $3.50. in p. r. r. smol
J ing car. between Altoona and Pitt.
burg The theft was committe
! while he WAS enjoying a dose,
r An S-foot grindstone burst in tb
}. Factory last Saturday and was sea
tered promiscuously about the neirl
r borhood- \ 5O00-pound chunk wa
T thrown a distance of 45 feet. Fo,
: tunately no one was injured althoug
' their escape is remarkable
cannon Record.
Joseph Mcbride, a farmer of Fato,
: O., returning home unexpecfedl
early on the 18th, and found in h
: wife's apartment the hired man. Wi
:, liam Babbitt' whom he immediatel
8 shot and killed.
. When young man detects Ii
Il tirst evidence Of haIr on his upre
!lp, he feels elevated, when in reaiit
g IT IS sort of coming down.-F,
n change